The city’s annual celebration of outside-the-mainstream movies and the directors who make them, Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival is known for bringing critically adored movies to town that audiences would be unable to access otherwise. Run by the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative, it’s been screening interesting, challenging and plain old cool movies for over 15 years. What […]
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Visiting A Colony
“There are a lot of coming-of-age films, a lot of teen films, but my goal was to have an honest image of teenagerhood,” says the writer-director Geneviève Dulude-De Celles. “I really wanted to give them that space and take them seriously.” Dulude-De Celles’ second feature A Colony (Une Colonie) arrives at the Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ […]
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In The Wave‘s deep dive
In the Waves at HIFF Thursday, June 7, 7pm Neptune Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $10/$12 (HIFF pass $35) tickethalifax.com Jacquelyn Mills had been gathering research about her grandmother Joan’s life, intending to make a narrative film based on her life in a Cape Breton fishing village, when Joan’s sister—Mills’ great-aunt—died. Everything changed. “It seemed […]
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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival announces 2018 lineup
The Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative has announced the slate of films for its 12th installment of the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, this year running from June 6 to 9 in Neptune’s Scotiabank Theatre. Two features from Cape Breton filmmakers are on the lineup: Jacquelyn Mills‘ doc about her grandmother, In the Waves, screens June 7. Winston DeGiobbi‘s […]
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Ten fiery-hot weekend picks
10 Halifax Greek Festival Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday One of the things we’re most excited about is chowing down on the fest’s delicious, authentic eats—from savoury souvlaki to sweet halva. 9 Marine protected areas: For whom? Thursday This Oceans Week lecture includes whale songs, live streaming from the first UN Oceans Conference […]
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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Fest returns June 7-11
Yes, summer may be all about sun-soaked patios and accumulating freckles, but for movie lovers it’s also the most wonderful time of the year: Multiplexes are churning out frothy blockbusters and film festivals allow a welcome chance to catch more boutique offerings, too. The latter part wouldn’t be what it is without the likes of […]
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In a HIFF
The Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ Festival has a local focus, but festival director Nelson MacDonald says you’d be wrong to assume that priority is a kind of parochialism. “I feel no obligation to show local films,” says MacDonald. “I show local films because they’re good.” In addition to two programs of local short films, the June […]